Flume-gate.



W. P. HABLAN.

FLUME GATE.

APPLICATION m50 APR l. 19m

patented Apr. 1, i919.

ation/w11 WILSON IPLK HABLAN, YUM, ALRZON.

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILSON Pour Hermia, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yuma, in the county of Yuma and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flu1ne-G ates, of .which 'the following is a speciiication, reftop of the body of the gate, thus preventing stock from rubbing against and bending the handle and bending the slide, and in this connection to form this handle of strap iron so bent that it will form a convenient grip for the operator.

A further object is to so form' the gate head or body that a guide is provided for the slide, this guide opening downward from the top of the body and easilyguiding the slide into place in the guide grooves of the body, so that the operator may readily put the gate in place if the head be submerged.

or at night.

A further object is to so forni the sheet metal slide that a double folded rim is provided which prevents the bending of the top portion of the slide and causes the slide .to lit the concrete head properly, preventing leakage of water past the slide.

' Still another object is to provide a transversely extending recess or trough extending across the face of the head which will receive the bottom of the slide and which is so formed as to allow silt to collect in this trough, thus making a water tight connection between the head and the slide at the bottom thereof.

Other objects will appear in the co. rse of the followin description.

My inventlon is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein :-m

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919..

application :nea april 1, 191s. serial no. 226,037.

Figure l is a face view partly brokenl away of iny improved liuine gate;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the gate;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view; and

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view of a corner of the gate body.

Referring to these drawings, l0 designates the body of thc flume which is provided with the head 11. rlhe body is shown as circular in cross section and the head l1 as rectangular and as projecting in all directions beyond the periphery 'of the circular portion l0. This head is slightlyfinclined downward and forward with relation to the axis of the body 10 and has a downwardly and forwardly inclined recessed face l2, the side walls of this recessed face being undercut as at 13. Extending transversely below the recessed face 12 is a. recess 14, the outer wall of which is upwardly and outwardly beveled or rounded as illustrated more particularly in Fig. 2. The lateral grooves 1-3 are also outwardly and forwardly beveled as illustrated in Fig. 3. At its upper end the head 11 is cut away or otherwise formed to provide a relatively deep transversely eX- tending recess 15, having downwardly beveled side walls 16 intersecting the outer ends of the grooves 13 and defined at its lower end by a shoulder 17, this shoulder being' located at the upper end of the recessed face of the head.

Sliding in the grooves 13 is the gate or slide 18, which is made of sheet inetal. The lateral margins of this sheet metal are bent outward and forward as at 19 and t the outer walls of the grooves 13 and resiliently bear against the faces of these walls. At its .upper end, the gate or slide 18 is angularly flanged as at 20 and then relient .upon itself as at 21. The Iiange 2O rests upon the shoulder 17 and the return bend given to this flange stidens the top of the slide and prevents the slide from becoming bent, thus causing the slide to lit against the shoulder l 7 more efficiently than it otherwise would do.

Attachedto the faceiof thisslide 18 is a handle composed of a strip 22 of strap iron bent into U form, the legs of the strip being riveted to the slide and the strip being given a quarter turn at its middle so that the upper portion of the handle 2.3 is disposed in rubbing against or bending the handle or displacing the slide. As before noted, the groove le extends continuously across the lower end of the inclined iace of the head which forms the seat for the slide 18 and there are no breaks or openings in the iront Wall of the groove 14. Hence silt will collect in this groove or trough and the lower end of the slide Will extend into this sihJ thus making a Water tight connection bewecn the lower end of the' slide and the .ead. i

lt' Will be noted that the inclined Walls 16 extend downward to the outer corners of the guide grooves 13 so that in inserting` the gate proper or slide, these laterally inclined surfaces 16 will guide the lower end of the gate t the grooves, thus making it ver7 easy to insert the gate or slide When the head submerged in Water or at night. The strap iron handle, which is slightly rchanneled in cross section so as to malle it rigid stiens the sheet metal' slide @regate so that it will Q Lessines a not become bent or deformed under Water pressure or in service.

While I have illustrated the body as comprising a tubular portion with arectangular vhead at one end`v it Will be understood that this rectangular head might form part of a. rectangular' box with other iiumes leading therefrom as is common in `coi'istructions of this character and that l. do 'not wish to limit myself to anf)7 particular(constructions of the head., except asset forth in the appended claim.

l-larving described my invention, what claim is:

A fiume gate comprising` a` concrete body having a. passage for the iiow of water, vertical grooves on opposite sides of the passage and forming a slideway, and a. groove below the passage and .connecting the lower ends of the vertical grooves and forming a. sand pocket across the bottom of the slide- Way; a ygate mounted to be moved up and down in the Slideway and to extend into the sand pocket; and means at the top of the gate for lin'iiting` thewlownward movement oi the gate so as to protect the sandpocket from the Weight of the gate. i In' testimony whereof l hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

lWlLSON FOLK HABLAN.

Vitnesses Wann H. Hoon, FRANK JOHNSON. 

